The Gezi park protests of June 2013 drew the attention of the world to a very urban conflict in Turkey’s most populous city. Less covered, were the various micro-conflicts behind the scenes which led to eruption at Gezi.

Should Hagia Sophia become a mosque? Or should it become a church? Image credit: Hagia Sophia Museum official website.Should Hagia Sophia become a mosque? Or should it become a church? Clearly, keeping it in its

The National (UAE) Tuesday, October 29, 2013, p. 1 Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent Bosphorus rail tunnel links Europe and Asia in Istanbul. More than a century ago, it was an Ottoman sultan’s distant dream. Now an underground rail link between Europe and Asia in Turkey’s metropolis of Istanbul – part of an “iron Silk Road”